Parker Bennett awarded library scholarship

Parker Bennett, senior at Sisters High School, has been awarded the Peg Bermel Friends of the Sisters Library (FOSL) Annual Scholarship.

"The FOSL Scholarship Selection Committee had a difficult time choosing just one award winner from a field of 20 student applicants," Norma Funai, Chair of the FOSL Scholarship Selection Committee said.

Grantees of the Bermel scholarship are awarded $1,000 for two years to attend the college of their choice. Bennett plans to attend Willamette University next fall.

The criteria for selection include a student who has demonstrated motivation, commitment and involvement in their community, either through school, volunteer work or in the work force. The student must have taken rigorous high school classes and demonstrated responsibility for themselves in their extra-curricular activities.

"Parker met all these criteria and wrote a remarkable essay about what the local library means to him. He recalls his early days in the old library on Main Street, and how doors were opened to him in his quest for knowledge and reading," Funai said as she and Peg Bermel presented the scholarship to Bennett.